Senior women (N = 108) majoring in psychology, science, art, and English responded to the Sixteen Factor Personality Test (16 PF). When their scores were compared with profiles for successful women in related careers, pattern similarity coefficients were significant for each field. Data affirm that characteristics which have been related to professional and creative productivity may be discerned among women of college age.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BachtoldL. M.WernerE. E.Personality profiles of gifted women: Psychologists. American Psychologist, 1970, 25, 234–243.
2.
BachtoldL. M.WernerE. E.Personality characteristics of women scientists. Psychological Reports, 1972, 31, 391–396.
3.
BachtoldL. M.WernerE. E.Personality characteristics of creative women. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1973, 36, 311–319.
4.
BartonK.CattellH.Personality characteristics of female psychology, science and art majors. Psychological Reports, 1972, 31, 807–813.
5.
CattellR. B.rp and other coefficients of pattern similarity. Psychometrika, 1949, 14, 279–298.
6.
CattellR. B.EberH. W.TatsuokaM. M.Handbook for the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF). Champaign, Ill.: Institute for Personality & Ability Testing, 1970.
